I was just wondering if there is anyone in this forum that has actually tried any of the various *BSDs that may be able to answer some questions I have? (and OSX doesn't count)
From what i'd read FreeBSD is maintained as a complete package in the same tree, so the project develops their kernel, shell and other userland stuff and sticks it all together. Does that mean that they don't use GNU tools? Or do they have their own fork of the GNU tools? I know FreeBSD and the other *BSDs ARE Unix so it made me wonder whether they just inherited old Unix tools or whether they chose to use the GNU replacements.
Also, is using BSD really that different from using Linux from a user standpoint? Or can you expect them to be about as different as just trying a different distribution of Linux (i.e. some package management differences with otherwise significant overlap)
I noticed that BSD was getting more attention recently on /. and digg, so that prompted me to read a bit about them, but now that I've done some reading I just wanted to hear some opinions and experiences. Thanks.
-Zorak
P.S. This is off topic but do you guys think Hurd will ever be done? Or do you think it will remain vaporware forever?
From what i'd read FreeBSD is maintained as a complete package in the same tree, so the project develops their kernel, shell and other userland stuff and sticks it all together. Does that mean that they don't use GNU tools? Or do they have their own fork of the GNU tools? I know FreeBSD and the other *BSDs ARE Unix so it made me wonder whether they just inherited old Unix tools or whether they chose to use the GNU replacements.
Also, is using BSD really that different from using Linux from a user standpoint? Or can you expect them to be about as different as just trying a different distribution of Linux (i.e. some package management differences with otherwise significant overlap)
I noticed that BSD was getting more attention recently on /. and digg, so that prompted me to read a bit about them, but now that I've done some reading I just wanted to hear some opinions and experiences. Thanks.
-Zorak
P.S. This is off topic but do you guys think Hurd will ever be done? Or do you think it will remain vaporware forever?